On the recordJuly 28, 1997
what a difference 4 years can make. Four years ago, with the other team in charge, they were about to vote on the largest tax increase in American history, while the other problems of welfare and Medicare reform were being ignored. The Congressional Budget Office was projecting $200 billion deficits as far as the eye could see. As we speak, negotiators are putting the finishing touches on a plan that will guarantee the first balanced budget in a generation and the first tax relief for working families in more than 16 years. We have reformed welfare, and 1.3 million families are on payrolls rather than on the welfare rolls. Medicare is being saved. Mr. Speaker, what a difference 4 years have made.
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